Phnom Penh: Profound Killing Fields & S21 Memorial Tour
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A professional English speaking tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to the killing fields of Choeung Ek Genocide Center – 9 miles away south of Phnom Penh. The infamous killing fields have a bloody history. Once an orchard and a Chinese cemetery, the Khmer Rouge, lead by Pol Pot, turned the place into what became known as the killing fields, where they executed around 20.000 victim. Over three years they massacred and buried 2.5 million people. After remembering the dead, return to Phnom Penh to visit Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21). Meaning hill of the poisonous trees, Pol Pot turned a once popular high school into a high security prison. 20,000 people were imprisoned there, many of whom were tortured for information. Today it serves as a museum and a reminder of darker days. Your guide will return you to your hotel or guesthouse.you could ask any question to tour guide. We pick up only the hotel center.
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Dimple M, 12/14/2025 9:25:16 AM
This tour was my main reason to visit Phnom Penh. I had read about the dark chapters of the Khmer Rouge regime but seeing the killing fields and teh prison was sobering . Visal was a wonderful guide. Very engaging and knowledgeable. Answered all questions patiently and with a genuine intention to share the darkest chapters of Cambodia's history. Would highly recommend
mrunalinin2025, 12/14/2025 12:39:56 AM
Visal was an amazing guide, he narrated what happened in a way that was easy to understand and also moving Recommend going on this tour to learn and honor Cambodia's history.
Harrison R, 12/13/2025 8:01:18 AM
Powerful moving visit to the Killing Fields. Guide Visel Sam explained history with care and respect. Highly recommended.
Austin H, 12/13/2025 7:57:58 AM
Experiencing the things in the tour was very informative from listening to my guide Visal. He even did some demonstrations to make things clear for us to see what people went through. You had enough time to do everything at your own pace making it overall a good experience.
N3942KMgarethe, 12/12/2025 3:09:57 PM
Mr. Baboon gave the most insightful tour of the Killing Fields and S21 and was a fantastic tour guide. Himself and Mr Tea were extremely accommodating, picking us up directly from our hotel and offering to drop us off there (instead the entire group opted to take his recommendation of trying out one of the local cafes which he kindly dropped us off at). Not only did we get a tour of the above mentioned sites, but also Mr Baboon gave us an insight to Cambodia culture and history which we all found very interesting. The following day, we had an issue getting to the airport as we could not book a taxi and we asked Mr Baboon for help, to which he went out of his way to find us transport so that we would not miss our flight. This is something that we really appreciated and are so thankful to him for not only making our tour a great day, but ensured we were looked after and safe for the remainder of our holiday.
andersonphil92, 12/12/2025 9:19:31 AM
Visal was our guide and he was very respectful and informative throughout the tour. The Killing Fields are powerful and poignant. I think they could do more at the site - for example - reconstruct some of the buildings, but that’s not about the tour. It is still well worth going The visit to S21 prison in Phnom Penh was also very moving. And, we thought it was a bit too long. We were probably there for 2 hours + and 60-90 minutes would be enough to get a v good impression. We would definitely recommend the visit. Everyone needs to be reminded of how cruel and barbaric humans can be to try to ensure it never happens again
tammybroughton73, 12/12/2025 6:22:41 AM
Mr Baboon was amazing. Such a nice guy & very knowledgeable & I was lucky he shared his history with me. Very in depth & well worth it.
hey_timbo, 12/11/2025 4:08:54 AM
Excellent tour. Baboon was able to give first hand family experience of the regime's work, bring life to what is the most sombre of experiences.
davidmX7430PX, 12/10/2025 10:36:00 AM
This was an excellent tour, and one that I'm very glad that I took. I often arrange to visit attractions independently however, our guide Baboon, made this tour exceptional though sharing his knowledge of the history of Cambodia, his commentary and compassion in discussing the genocide that occurred, and his insight about the significance and underlying impact of that on the Cambodian people and nation. Baboon made our experience of visiting the genocide center and the Killing Fields so much richer! Tee, the driver was welcoming and supportive also. They were on time, friendly and flexible. They created a great day out and I'd highly recommend this tour.
ImmigrantLife, 12/8/2025 7:00:24 AM
Cheath was an excellent guide: friendly, knowledgable, and passionate about Cambodian history and present. Fully recommend this tour!
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Wheelchair accessible
Departure point
Grand River Sports Bar or River Crown Restaurant is our meeting point ! These two places are in the same buildingReturn details
A professional English speaking tour guide will pick you up from your hotel and drive you to the killing fields of Choeung Ek Genocide Center – 9 miles away south of Phnom Penh. The infamous killing fields have a bloody history. Once an orchard and a Chinese cemetery, the Khmer Rouge, lead by Pol Pot, turned the place into what became known as the killing fields, where they executed around 20.000 victim. Over three years they massacred and buried 2.5 million people. After remembering the dead, return to Phnom Penh to visit Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S21). Meaning hill of the poisonous trees, Pol Pot turned a once popular high school into a high security prison. 20,000 people were imprisoned there, many of whom were tortured for information. Today it serves as a museum and a reminder of darker days. Your guide will return you to your hotel or guesthouse.you could ask any question to tour guide. We pick up only the hotel center.Redemption
Dear beloved travelers, Please kindly spend 2 minutes to read the important information below when you book; 1) We provide free pick up only 1.7 km from our meeting point ( city center) ✍️Please kindly keep in mind that our service is the joined tour, we can not pick up all the travelers at every location in Phnom Penh before the tour starts, we always check the ticket for the name of the hotel of the traveler. If the traveler’s hotel is outside our picking area, we will request the traveler to make their own way by taking tuk tuk grab to the meeting point . 2) the meeting point is Grand River Sports Bar or you can type River Crown Restaurant as these two places are at the same building 3) If traveler can not put your hotel name in your ticket, traveler can send us the message to show us your hotel’s name if it is in our picking up area or not , or you are required to come to the meeting point and arrive by 7:45am for the morning tour and 12:45pm for the afternoon tour 4) WhatsApp contact is so much important for us ; hence before you book, please kindly make sure that you can provide us your using WhatsApp contact or your current Cambodia number 5) Credit card is not accepted at the killing field and genocide museum, traveler has to prepare cash 6) dress code is mandatory- covering shoulders and knees ( not too short and not too long) 7) two WhatsApp numbers for contacts: + 855 78 45 71 58 + 855 96 3881 38824 hours before travel date - 100% refund
Less than 24 hours before travel date - 0% refund